This video by Tony Zhou tells us why
Jackie Chan is a Legend and how he do action and comedy at the same time. This is a great compilation of Jackie Chan words and methods, he applies while filming action sequences. Now a days many action films lack this technique. They either do action or comedy separately but doing both in a same time, always a difficult for them and everybody should learn the unique methods from Jackie Chan.
see the video below to understand it well...
The 9 Principles of Action Comedy
1. Start with a DISADVANTAGE
2. Use the ENVIRONMENT
3. Be CLEAR in your shots
4. Action & Reaction in the SAME frame
5. Do as many TAKES as necessary
6. Let the audience feel the RHYTHM
7. In editing, TWO good hits = ONE great hit
8. PAIN is humanising
9. Earn your FINISH
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